Portable fence



\ J. B. SURPRISE,

PORTABLE FENCE. No 268,774. Patented Dec; 5, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN B. SURPRISE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,774, dated December 5, 1882.

Application filed June 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN'B. SURPRISE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mem' phis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable-Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make'aud use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of fences known as portable,and may be distinctively described as a portable worm-fence.

The object of my invention is to constructa portable fence which shall combine the following advantages, to wit: first, be simple and inexpensive; second, be capable of erection and removal by sections with speed and facility; third, admit of free circulation of air about the points of contact of the ends of the rails, and therebylessen the chances .of decay; fourth, bestable without the use of base-supports or stays. I accomplish this object in the manner. hereinafter fully set. forth and described.

.In the accom panyingdrawings, Figure 1 rep: resents the sections of the fence connected by clevises or U-shaped clamps; and Fig. 2 is a Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts throughoutthe dififerentviews.

A B represent the adjacent rails of two panels of worm-fence, the top and bottom rails-bein g rabbeted or notched at the ends to form for each a corresponding recess and projection, and to fit together, as shown in the drawings. All the rails are connected together near their ends by strips or battens F.

H are U-shaped clamps, formed preferably of metal, and driven down over the lapped ends of the top and bottom rails at the angles of their intersection, so as to bindl'or lock the two panels together, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The perpendicular edges of each of the rabbets are beveled at G to correspond with the inclination to each other of the rails.

The practical advantage of my invention'is that it renders unnecessary the use of stays or other supports, while at the same time it forms a cheap portable fence, and .one which may be easily taken down or put up.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- In a fence, the top and bottom rails, A B, rabbeted and beveled, combined with battens F and clamps H, all constructed and arranged as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. B. SURPRISE.

Witnesses B. F. MURPHY, H. O. LIPPOLD. 

